Big Benny?/ I am an idiot

June 26th, 2007 | By: Carter Daly | 8 Comments »

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As I was reviewing the 2007 Copa America roster on ussoccer.com I came across someone from the official establishment maybe playing a little prank. No, I’m not talking about Bob Bradley putting Drew Moor and Ben Olsen on the roster. Take a look:

“5 Feilhaber, Benny M 5′9″ 150 01/19/85 7/1 Irvine, Calif. Hamburger SV (Germany)”

No, read it again. There ya go, now you see it.

On the new hero nonetheless. Looks like the joke is on Mexico now.

EDIT: Thanks to the guy in the comments that pointed out what a moron I am. So the official word is the club can also be called Hamburger…that in itself is funny. Anyways, move along, noting to see here. I will be back later with a complete ownage of the supposedly next Maradonut Leo Messi.

Tags: Ben Olsen, Benny Feilhaber, Drew Moor, Hamburg SV, Hamburger

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Comments

By mbyte84 | June 26th, 2007 at 9:00 am

What?

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By Matt | June 26th, 2007 at 9:18 am

I don’t get it either.

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By Z. Jackson | June 26th, 2007 at 9:18 am

Believe it or not, that’s actually the name of the team, although they often use it interchangably with “Hamburg SV.” I’m not too up on German, but I think the additional “-er” means something along the lines of “the team from.”

You can see it on the tab on the top nav of their Yahoo page:

http://sports.yahoo.com/fbde/teams/ham

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By tim | June 26th, 2007 at 9:24 am

I’m also missing it.

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By Albo | June 26th, 2007 at 10:19 am

Well, the title says he’s an idiot.
Who are we to question such a candid statement?

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By Laurie | June 26th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

I believe that now is an appropriate time to say, “Hi, Carter! Welcome to World Cup Blog from the France page.”

If you ever want to, we can hang out and discuss the silliest blogging mistakes we’ve ever made.